Paper-ruling machine.



M. M. KANDLE.

PAPER RULING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.11, 1912.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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A TTORNEYJ THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-L!THO.. WASHINGION. D. C.

M. M. KANDLE. PAPER BULING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1912.

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A TTORNEYJ MATTHIAS lVL KANDLE, BORN COMPANY, OF CHUSETTS.

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SPRIN GFIELID, MASSACEUSETTS, A.

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB. TO KANDLE- CORPORATION OF MASSA- PAPER-BULING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915;.

Application filed April 11, 1912. Serial No. 689,995.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, MAT'rHiAs M. KANDLE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Longmeadow, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Ruling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in paper ruling machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for ruling a sheet of paper which is to serve as a guide for the printer in adjusting the printed forms to the measure required preparatory to the printing operations.

In printing a sheet of paper that is to be folded and bound into a book, it is very desirable after the folded sheet is bound into the book that the margins of the printed pages will be uniform or-in exact alinement with relation to each other, otherwise, the finished book does not present a neat appearance for the pages may be twisted or the margins of irregular width. This machine is therefore designed to enable the printer to rapidly determine the division of measure required and draw lines that will designate the correct position of the printed matter upon the paper, whether it be book forms intended to fold or her of labels or such, into given sizes.

It is a well known fact that it is a long and tedious process to determine the position of matter to be printed, prior to the printing operations, so that the sheets when printed and folded into a book or otherwise used will have the printed matter with the required margins. This invention is therefore designed to enable the printer to quickly work out the measurements of the sheet to be printed and draw the lines required to determine the correct position on a sheet of paper of any matter to be printed prior to the printing operations and it is provided with adjustable guides to correspond with the position of those of the press.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View of the ruling machine, showing the marking devices, the adjusting devices for the sheet of paper and the means for moving or adjusting the marking devices. Fig. 2 is a side intended to be out up forms composed of a num-.

elevation of Fig. 1, showing the paper receiving devices, the ratchet for varying the tension of the marking devices on the sheet, and the marking devices in edge elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the machine showing the main frame, the tension device for the marking fingers, and the rods on the main frame on which the carriage moves. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of the marking fingers and illustrated both in and out of contact and under tension. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the spacing divider.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a designates the main frame of the machine having supporting feet or posts I).

c and d are rods arranged at right angles to each other and on which the movable carriage which carries the marker-fingers 6 moves. These fingers are carried by thin metal plates 7 or stampings as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, which are formed with a depending portion 9 and a projecting part it. Mounted on these plates are pins 71 and j. The marking fingers are supported by these pins, as shown. The fingers are provided with a recessed part 6 into which the pin 2' passes when marking as shown on Figs. 5 and 6. When not marking it is lifted away from the paper as shown in Fig. 4.

The tail-plate of the machine consists of a plate of ground glass is on which the sheet of paper we is placed. The plate of glass is designed to be covered with a finely divided powder of any suitable color, as graphite,

before the sheet of paper on is placed thereon for ruling,

by means of the marking fingers e which bear on the upper surface of the paper as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The marking fingers e are suitably supported on rods 0 and p which are arranged at right angles to each other as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 These rods carry the stampings f, on which the marking fingers e are mounted, and the stampings f are spaced from each other by means of the washers as designated at 9. Some of the washers 9 may be made of brass to clearly indicate a distance, as onequarter of an inch. and the stampings f are on the rods 0 and and s. The rod 0 is mounted at its opposite. ends in. runners t which are adapted to slide back and forth on the rods d, the rods 0 and all clamped together The spacing washers p by means of the nuts 7' 0! both being supported inbearing blocks a; and w. The opposite runners u'are connected together by means of an arch-shaped member 2 and the rod 39, one end of the latter be ing mounted in one runner u and the other end in one end of the arch-shaped member 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Each of the stampings f is provided with a small projection which enters a corre: spondingly shaped groove on the supporting rods 0 and p. The object of this projection and groove construction is to enable the marking-fingers e to be placed under tension or greater pressure on the paper m when the rods 0 and p are partially rotated for this purpose. In order to lock these rods to vary the tension on the edge of the markingfingers e, each rod is provided with a ratchet wheel 3, with the teeth of which a pawl 4 engages to retain the rods 0 and p in their adjusted position to vary the pressure of the ends of the marking-fingers on the upper surface of the paper m as shown in Fig. .6. The rods 0 and p are rotated by inserting a pin and wrench in the holes 0 and 39 The plate of ground glass la is suitably supported in a frame 10 which rests on supporting brackets k In order to subdivide the distance between two of the marking or pressure fingers e, a divider washer of U-shape is designed to be placed over the rods 0 and p as shown at 5. This is used only after a set of lines have been drawn and it is desired to rule a finer set between or adjacent the first drawn lines, as for example, supposing the fingers e are 1/32 of an inch apart and it is desired to draw lines one-half of that distance apart, the first set of lines would be drawn, and then the spacing divider 5 would be inserted which would move the fingers along equal to the thickness of the spacer which may be one-half of the distance between the fingers.

henit is desired to prevent any of the lingers e from pressing on the paper they may be withdrawn as shown in Fig. 4 by the operator pulling them upward on the pins 2' and j.

For clamping the paper down on the frame k and ground glass k a series of clamps 6-are provided. These are mounted for adjustment on the ground glass frame 71:? and are provided with inwardly extending fingers 7 which engage the edge of the sheet m as clearly shown. These clamps are formed with an opening 8 through which passes a set-screw 9 for securing the clamps in place. In orderto simultaneously elevate all of the clamps at one end of the glass is a clamp-lifter 1O eccentrically mounted in bearings 10 is placed below the lower edge 11 of the clamps 6. A handle 12 is attached to the clamp-lifter 10, which is swung upward when it is desired to insert the'sheet of paper m to be ruled. Springs v13 are employed to hold the paper-clamps 6 firmly c lownflon the sheet of paper m while the same is being ruled by the marking or pres- ,which may be placed the records, colors or other convenient articles for use with the machine.

It will be seen from this invention that by reason of the pressure fingers bearing on the upper side of the sheet to be ruled that it effectively overcomes all objections to the use of pens, which corrode, or pencils which have to be sharpened often in order to work properly. The marking and measuring systern herein described embodies quick and accurate measurements to be made by the operator in adjusting the prior to the ruling operation.

Yhat I claim is 1. In a ruling machine the combination with'the base member of guide rods mounted thereon, a pressure-finger supporting rod having a sliding connection with the guide rods, a plate of ground glass mounted on the base member, the upper surface of which is designed to be coated with carbon or the like to produce a mark when a sheet of paper is placed on the coated plate and a pressure-finger is drawn on the upper surface of the paper; means to clamp the edges of the sheet of paper to be ruled, guide devices against which the edges of the sheet engage, and ratchet devices to vary the pressure of the finger on the paper.

2. A paper ruling machine having in combination with the main frame, mounted on the frame and designed to have the upper face coated with a finely divided substance to produce a mark on the under side of the sheet when placed on the coated plate when a marker member is drawn over the upper surface of the paper, a marker member consisting of spring material, a plate on which the marker member is mounted and means on the plate to retain said member in an operative or inoperative position.

pressure fingers 3. A pressure-finger marking device for Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the engage the surface of the sheet to be ruled,

said pressure fingers being mounted on said plates, means on said plates to retain said pressure fingers in an operative or inoperative position and spacing means for dividing the space between adjacent pressure fingers.

MATTHIAS M. KANDLE.

Witnesses:

HARRY W. BOWEN, E. M. BEALS.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

